Abdullah bin Abbas reported,
Abdul-Rahman bin Awf and some of his companions came to the Prophet ﷺ in Mecca and said, "Messenger of Allah, we used to be honored when we were polytheists, but once we believed, we became humiliated."He replied, "I have been commanded to pardon, so do not fight."When Allah moved us to Medina, He commanded us to fight, but they held back. So Allah 
revealed, "Have you not seen those who were told, 'Restrain your hands, establish prayer, and give zakah'? But when fighting was prescribed for them, at once a group of them feared the people" [Nisa 4:77].
Azami 12183
Hasanعن ابن عباس
أن عبد الرحمن بن عوف وأصحابا له أتوا النبي ﷺ بمكة، فقالوا: يا رسول الله، إنا كنا في عز، ونحن مشركون، فلما آمنا صرنا أذلة، فقال: إني أمرت بالعفو، فلما حولنا الله إلى المدينة أمرنا بالقتال، فكفوا، فأنزل الله عز وجل: {ألم تر إلى الذين قيل لهم كفوا أيديكم وأقيموا الصلوة واتوا الزكوة فلما كتب عليهم القتال إذا فريق منهم يخشون الناس}.
Narrated by Nasai (3086), Hakim (2/66-67), and from him Bayhaqi (9/11), Ibn Abu Hatim in his Tafsir (3/1005), and Tabari in his Tafsir (7/231), all of them through the route of Husayn bin Waqid, from Amr bin Dinar, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas, who related it.Its isnad is hasan because of Husayn bin Waqid, for he is hasan al-hadith. Hakim said, "This is a sahih hadith according to the criterion of Bukhari."As for His saying, "Then a group of them feared the people as they should have feared Allah, or even more, and they said, 'Our Lord, why have You ordained fighting for us? If only You had delayed us for a short time.'" [Nisa 4:77], this was the statement of a group among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ who had been eager for fighting. But when it was made obligatory upon them, it became burdensome for them, and they feared the people would fight them, so they said, "Why have You ordained fighting for us? If only You had delayed us for a short time" [Nisa 4:77], meaning until their natural death, such as dying on their beds. Allah, Most High, rebuked them for this and admonished them, telling them that the enjoyment of this world is little, while the Hereafter is better for them, as has come in the sahih hadith.